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SanthoshB1
Bronze Contributor
Jun 21, 2017

What new features to expect in Planner?

As per Planner uservoice, below are the Planned features we can expect in Planner.

 

1. Support viewing Planner Tasks on an Outlook Calendar
Ability to turn on an iCalendar feed (.ics feed) for the “My Tasks” view and for each Plan. You can subscribe to this feed in Outlook to see Planner tasks in context with your other events.

 

2. Create a Calendar/Schedule visualization
A new view that allows you to easily view and edit tasks in the context of a calendar.

 

3. Due date notification
Send due date notifications daily for tasks that are due at various intervals (due in 7 days, due in 3 days, due tomorrow, due today, 1 day overdue etc)

 

 

  • How about some progress towards simple, functioning Notifications.

     

    It's been "started" in UserVoice since April 4th, 2016, which is 448 days as of this writing.

    Hey, let's have a team task management app where you either receive an email for every group action performed (subscribed) or you receive absolutely no notifications at all.

     

    Brilliant.

  • Austin Lasseter's avatar
    Austin Lasseter
    Copper Contributor

    We're a rapidly growing small business, now that we've grown to 25+, we're searching for a tool that allows us to track and delegate tasks across the whole team. Since we use Office 365 for everything, Planner originally seemed like the smart choice. But without these kinds of features (or simple things like being able to copy/paste a task), it's just unworkable at the present. Hopefully these new features will roll out on a timeline that matches our needs. Thanks.

  • Brent Ellis's avatar
    Brent Ellis
    Silver Contributor
    Even some super simple basic ones, like printing or exporting, are desperately needed. I'd hope to see some movement on the little rocks instead of full focus on the big ones.
    • SanthoshB1's avatar
      SanthoshB1
      Bronze Contributor

      Hi Brent Ellis, but I do not see these features (Export) coming in to planner in a short while. Sorry....

  • Edwin Hoogwerf's avatar
    Edwin Hoogwerf
    Copper Contributor

    Do you know when these features will become available? This would really help in making the Planner application workable and if it takes much longer, we'll be looking for another task management tool.

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